Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting and Reese’s

I am really excited to share the recipe with you. I have been dreaming it in my head for a few days and today I was finally able to make them. I must say- they are the most delicious thing I have ever baked. I LOVE peanut butter and banana (seriously who doesn’t), but this confectionery image didn’t seem complete to me until I decided to add some Reese’s. This cupcake is rich but I tried to make the cake more banana-y than sugar-y to offset the sweet peanut butter frosting!

I was inspired by a variation of this recipe found at Annie’s Eats with Butterfinger. I thought about using that one, but I decided to make my favorite Banana cupcakes found here, with my basic cream cheese frosting recipe with some added peanut butter and cream!*Note: The original recipe called for 1 1/2 cups sugar. I, however, decided to only use a cup as I was not only using REALLY ripe bananas but adding candy and such a sweet frosting. I liked the level of sweetness- but you may want to add the full amount if you aren’t using the candy.